Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The formation deployed by Qu Ba and the Linyi army was naturally not a unique formation of the Han army.

The so-called military formation is not simply to let the soldiers arrange themselves in a formation or shape. It is essentially a kind of coordination.

Through command flags, trumpets, drums and other means, thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers are controlled by the commander and cooperate with each other in defense, cover and attack.

Moreover, depending on the elite level of the soldiers and the command level of the commander, even if the same military formation is deployed, the combat power that can be exerted will be very different.

In the traditional concept of the Han Dynasty, soldiers who cannot even form a basic battle array are just a mob that can only rush forward in a rush.

And Qu Lian might have had some meager understanding of military formations, but even the military system of the Linyi Kingdom, which was established by splitting off Han territory, obviously did not have the conditions to master military formations.

Only the royal elite known as the "Linyi Iron Wall" maintained a relatively neat formation on the surface in the formation commanded by Qu Ba.

The rest of the nobles' private soldiers, as well as the peasant soldiers who brought their own weapons and food, looked like a chaotic mass from a distance, and they were simply standing in the areas required by the district tyrant.

However, even though there were still about 20,000 peasant soldiers on the way, Qu Ba, who was now commanding an army of 40,000, already had the ambition to sweep across the Han territory.

Moreover, with Qu Lian appointing Qu Ba as the chief commander this time, nearly 90% of the "Linyi Iron Wall" was handed over to Qu Ba's command. A group of noble ministers gradually came to their senses and realized that the prince Qu Ba, whom they had always looked down upon in the past, might really have the possibility of inheriting the throne.

This was because many nobles did not hesitate to leave their own private soldiers behind, and then they themselves moved closer to District Overlord, in order to show their goodwill to this seemingly promising heir to the throne in the future.

The proactive displays of goodwill from so many nobles made Qu Ba even more pleased. Riding on Guo Xia's horse, although his tone was still somewhat humble, his eyes could not conceal his arrogance.

(PS: There are local horses near Jiaozhou, which were called "Guoxiama" in the Han Dynasty, meaning that they can be easily ridden under fruit trees. The height of an adult horse is generally only about one meter.

Yes, it is one meter, one of the two shortest horse breeds in the world.)
The nobles' goodwill and flattery, as well as the 40,000 troops concentrated here, made Qu Ba truly taste the power. He was no longer the puppet prince who needed to pay attention to pleasing Qu Lian all the time.

As for the Han court army that Fan Shang mentioned hastily when he hurriedly passed by a day ago, Qu Ba disagreed with it.

Instead, he was extremely angry that the Han people dared to cut off one of the ears of Fan Shang, who was on a diplomatic mission. He believed that this was not only an insult to the Linyi Kingdom, but also a disregard for the army led by him.

If the number of soldiers exceeds a thousand, there will be no border; if the number of soldiers exceeds ten thousand, there will be no end.

Add to that the chaotic mass of 40,000 Linyi troops led by Qu Ba, and the sight of them all over the mountains and plains was even more disorganized.

Dismounting from his horse, Qu Ba raised the whip in his hand and swept it towards the armies on both sides, then asked the nobles around him.

"Everyone, is this army... majestic?"

“So majestic!”

A group of nobles responded.

"Can we defeat Han Ting?" Qu Ba asked again.

"It is enough to sweep across the world!" the nobles replied again.

"Hahahaha!"

This time, Qu Ba no longer maintained his previous low-key and honest attitude. He pointed with the whip in his hand and spoke loudly.

"Your Majesty has many descendants, and no one has ever looked up to me since I was a child. So what? Facts will prove that I, Qu Ba, am the most ambitious and destined king. I will be the one to inherit Your Majesty's ambition to sweep across all nations and dominate the world!"

"How about we start by flattening Han Ting Rinan County?!"

At this moment, all the nobles were also overwhelmed by the heroism shown by District Overlord.

Some nobles who had long been secretly wooed by the district tyrant took the lead in expressing their opinions.

"I wish to follow the prince to sweep across the nations and create hegemony!"

As more and more people echoed Qu Ba, a group of nobles also expressed their opinions under such a trend. This made Qu Ba smile even more. With a large army under his control, he could force a group of nobles to express their support. The throne of Linyi Kingdom was within his reach.

As long as they capture Rinan County, Qu Lian will probably have to give up his position to Qu Ba.

Immediately, Qu Ba swung the whip in his hand forward and said loudly.

"Pass on this prince's order, all troops march forward! Destroy Rinan County!!!"

As the future King of Linyi, Qu Ba never thought about defending the border from the beginning to the end, but instead regarded conquering Rinan County as a stepping stone to ascend the throne.

Even if it is as Fan Shang said, what harm would it cause if a large army arrived from the Han court?

The two countries have different military systems. Compared with the pedantic county military system that Rinan County had demonstrated in the past, Qu Ba felt that Linyi’s military system was the best.

Not only can the nobles afford to train a large number of elite troops, but they can also mobilize a large number of peasant soldiers to fight together in wartime.

Unlike Rinan County, which only had about two thousand county soldiers, how could it be a match for Linyi Kingdom?

Even if the Han court was as big as ten Rinan counties, it could only mobilize 20,000 available soldiers at most.

At present, the number of troops concentrated in Qu Ba's hands has exceeded 40,000, and there are 4,000 "Linyi Iron Wall".

Forty thousand versus twenty thousand.

The difference in troop strength is doubled!
The district tyrant really couldn't think of a reason for losing, let alone a reason to just keep defending.

"Since Hanting wants war, then give Hanting war, Linyi will win!"

"As long as we capture Rinan County, the entire army will be free to plunder for three days!"

As the district tyrant spoke one after another to boost morale, the spirits of the many farmers and soldiers who had been following lazily were visibly lifted.

For the peasant soldiers who brought their own weapons and food, what drove them to appear here was more the obvious benefits.

Just as the Linyi army, under the command of Qu Ba, was preparing to move forward and attack Rinan County.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

An exciting drumbeat came from far ahead.

Before the people arrived, the sound of the drums had already spread for miles.

This made Qu Ba, who was leading the "Linyi Iron Wall" in the lead, pause slightly, and look towards the small hill in front of him with a little doubt.

There are many hills between Linyi State and Rinan County.

The place where Qu Ba led the army now was not a flat plain, but on a small hill with a slight slope.

The direction from which the drum sound came was behind another small hill about two miles away.

Qu Ba squinted his eyes, raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight above, and looked in the direction where the inexplicable drum sound came from.

The next moment, as the drumbeats seemed to be getting closer, there seemed to be a burst of seemingly orderly footsteps.

The footsteps were not intense, but they sounded neat and dull, making Qu Ba feel inexplicably depressed.

Until, a large flag with the Chinese character "汉" was first raised behind the small hill opposite, little by little. (End of this chapter)